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Ball is one of five residents at Dove Healthcare-West, participating in a music therapy program for people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, the Leader-Telegram reported. Read more here…

Mindfulness meditation. Chances are that you’ve either heard or seen (or rolled your eyes at) these words in recent months, as studies, celebrity endorsements, and even apps continue to make headlines. Read more here…

Tai chi is purported to be good for all health concerns. A number of renowned tai chi masters are said to have experienced sickness in the past from which they could find no relief until they began to practice tai chi. Such reports, however, are merely anecdotes, and may not represent actual benefit. Read more here…

Yoga promotes weight loss internally. As in the yoga poses not only work on your body on a physical level, but also harness the power of your ‘chitta’ or your ‘inner self’ to help you lose weight fast. To put in understandable terms, yoga helps in weight loss by stimulating your internal organs. Read more here…

Certainly, not everyone likes the same music, and music therapy tries to respect that. But one recent study shows that the brains of most people listening to the same music respond in the same way.  Read more here…

Sue and Ted Barnes went from playing in red neck, honky-tonk dives, to being the opening act for such entertainers as Hank Williams, Jr. and Ricky Nelson. But their singing career nearly came to a halt when Sue suffered a stroke nearly 11 years ago. Read more here…

Music is not just for relaxation. Listening to your favorite lively music while exercising can actually make your workout more effective. One study found that exercising in time to the music’s beat helps people exert more effort in their workouts and reduces their post-workout fatigue. Tempo for exercise music should ideally be 120 to 150 beats per minute. Read more here…

Regular meditation reduces inflammation, improves immunity, and strengthens areas of the brain related to empathy and emotional processing, among other benefits. By contrast, studies show that pessimism and negativity fuel inflammation and chronic disease, assaulting DNA, hastening the aging process, and increasing risks of cancer. Read more here…

Many think meditation as merely a way to relax the body and mind. For the saints and mystics, meditation has been the way to find God. Through meditation, we also find answers to questions about what happens to us after death and whether there is life after. Read more here…

Mindfulness will undoubtedly help you get some headspace and make a difference in your life. But there’s another good reason for training the mind. Whether we like it or not, we share the world in which we live with other people and, unless we want to live as a solitary yogi or hermit in the mountains, we’re always going to have to interact with others. Read more here…